144 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



To the west of Persia the Chna or Canaanites, and 

 Ethiopian Arabs, before the inroads of the Giant 

 Scythic horsemen, appear to have belonged to the same 

 family of nations, extending northward to the Col- 

 chians before named. To this day there remains a clan 

 of crisp-haired Arabs on the Hieromax, east of the 

 Lake of Tiberias, with Mongolic features, by profession 

 graziers, and, like the Hottentots, destitute of horses. 

 To the west, in Africa, exclusive of the basis of the 

 ancient Egyptian population, these abnormal tribes 

 appear again to recur in the Hottentots, Bushwanas, 

 Boshemans, and probably Dokkos, who may be the 

 pigmies of ancient fable. Certain it is, that Hebraisms, 

 and Semitic words, in proper names, &c., are abundant, 

 from the mouth of the Nile to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Thus, the Indian Parbatia, Naga tribes, as well 

 as the African Bushwanas, have all indications of a 

 remote intermixture with the Mongolic races ; and this 

 character is retained in the earlier forms of their idols, 

 always represented with crisped hair, oblique eyes, and 

 ears detached from the side of the head ; and it may, 

 perhaps, be traced in another direction, among the 

 swarthy Kirguise. 



